Ben Gatrelle

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Hello, Spring. Are You There?

Hello, Spring. Are You There?

Posted by on 20 Mar 2013 in Personal |

All winter long I complain about the cold, and all summer long I’ll complain about the heat. But I always look forward to spring. Driving in to work today the weatherman said it’s officially the first day of spring. But then he said the temperature was 34 degrees. The first day of spring? I’ll believe it when I see it.

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Hospitality is More than Food

Hospitality is More than Food

Posted by on 18 Mar 2013 in Personal |

It was great having friends over Sunday afternoon for a late lunch after church. My wife and I both enjoy showing the gift of hospitality. And hospitality of course means food. And it means opening up our home to our guests. In our disconnected world, even in the church, taking the time for that personal connection can mean so much. But is that the only way we can show hospitality?

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Special Delivery

Special Delivery

Posted by on 15 Mar 2013 in Personal |

In our post-modern society, day by day the odds increase that the people we come in contact with don’t regularly interact with Christians. There’s a very real possibility you and I might be the only real Christian someone comes in contact with today, or this week, or this month. That’s a huge responsibility. And it’s a huge opportunity.

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Knock Seek Ask

Knock Seek Ask

Posted by on 13 Mar 2013 in Theology |

God wants to help us in our need and bless us in our desires. Jesus instructs us to Knock Seek and Ask, because God’s desire is to answer our prayers. He said, ” If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?” Matthew 7:11.

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Be Inspired

Be Inspired

Posted by on 11 Mar 2013 in Theology |

Be inspired by God. Take in God’s Word, for it is infused with the breath of life. 2 Timothy 3:16 says, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, [and] for instruction in righteousness.”

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Under the Bridge

Under the Bridge

Posted by on 6 Mar 2013 in Personal |

Last night my wife and I went into downtown Nashville for a Tuesday night church service under the Jefferson Street bridge with the homeless. This is a weekly outreach that provides a hot meal, worship, a message, groceries and other items the homeless are in need of. The Bridge Ministry has been doing this every Tuesday night since 2004.

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